Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §5250-J, sub-§1, ¶F is enacted to read:

F.__A military redevelopment zone.

Sec. 5. 30-A MRSA §5250-J, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:

2-A.__Application for designation as military redevelopment zone.__The total area available for designation as a military redevelopment zone may not exceed 1,500 acres and:

A.__Up to 500 acres of a military redevelopment zone that is within the appropriate labor market may be outside a military facility boundary.__Applications for designation as a military redevelopment zone under this section must be received by the commissioner by August 1, 2011; and

B.__Up to 1,000 acres of a military redevelopment zone may be reserved for property that is within the boundaries of a military facility that is subject to closure.__Applications for designation as a military redevelopment zone under this section must be received by the commissioner beginning on the date of the military facility's closure and up to 7 years after the date of the military facility's closure.

A municipality may apply to the commissioner for the designation of a military redevelopment zone in accordance with the requirements of this subchapter.

Sec. 6. 30-A MRSA §5250-J, sub-§3, ¶G, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 688, Pt. D, §2, is amended to read:

G. All Except for a military redevelopment zone established pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph F, all property included within a Pine Tree Development Zone must meet one of the following:

(1) The property is located within a market area for which the labor market unemployment rate is greater than the state unemployment rate at the time of the application; or

(2) The property is included within a county in which the average weekly wage is below the state average weekly wage at the time of the application.

In the case of a multijurisdictional or joint application, the requirements of this paragraph are met if the combined